Max
Hobart · Music Director and Conductor
Hailed as one of Boston's most versatile musicians,
Max Hobart enjoys a highly respected position as a performer, conductor and
teacher. Recently retired after 27 years with the Boston Symphony Orchestra,
Hobart brings a rich perspective to his responsibilities as Music Director of
the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra.
While Assistant
Concertmaster of the BSO under Erich Leinsdorf, Willian Steinberg and Seiji
Ozawa and as featured soloist with the Pops under both Arthur Fiedler and John
Williams, Hobart performed concerts at Symphony Hall, Tanglewood, Carnegie Hall
and on frequent radio and television broadcasts as well as on numerous
recordings for Phillips, DGG, Nonesuch and RCA. Concert tours have taken him
throughout the United States and South America, Canada, Europe, Japan, the
Soviet Union and China.
Prior to his arrival in
Boston, Max Hobart was a violinist with the Cleveland Orchestra under George
Szell, the National Symphony and the New Orleans Symphony. As Concertmaster, he
served the Boston Opera Company and the Handel and Haydn Society under Thomas
Dunn in addition to the BSO and Pops.
A frequent guest conductor
throughout the region and beyond, Hobart has led performances with the Boston
Pops, the Pops Esplanade, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the Newton Symphony,
the New Hampshire Philharmonic, the New York All-State Orchestra and the Port
Au Prince Symphony in Haiti, among others.
Max Hobart's diverse
musicianship is augmented by a calling to share his knowledge and inspiration
with his many students. His teaching engagements have included terms at Boston
University, Boston Conservatory, New England Conservatory and the Tanglewood
Music Center.